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A federal judge in Montana today ordered Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski to be remanded to Sacramento to face charges that he killed two people and injured two others with bombs. NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the risks prosecutors may face if they attempt to seek the death penalty in what will be one of the most carefully watched cases of the decade.

The Burmese military government detained more than a hundred pro-democracy activists and blocked all roads to democracy movement-leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house today, to keep a meeting of the National League for Democracy from taking place. Governments around the world are watching the situation closely and are concerned about the apparent deterioration of the situation in the Burmese capital of Rangoon. The BBC's Jonathan Miller has this report.

This year's election has focused on many issues of concern to the elderly -- social security and prescription drug costs among them. Those topics came up again in last night's presidential debate. NPR's Eric Westervelt watched the debate with senior citizens at Pennswood Retirement Community outside of Philadelphia and got their reaction.

Host Melissa Block talks to NPR's Andy Bowers in Honolulu on the testimony of the captain of a Japanese fishing boat rammed by a Navy submarine. The captain tells of watching waves sweep young passengers off the boat's deck. A military investigation into the accident is under way in Hawaii.

Two witnesses of America's last public execution describe what they saw. These two men were among the 20,000 people who watched the hanging of convicted rapist Rainey Bethea in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1936. Tomorrow, Renee Montagne will explore why Bethea's hanging became America's last public execution to date.

Journalist Bill Sloan is the author of –I Watched a Wild Hog Eat My Baby! A Colorful History of Tabloids and Their Cultural Impact—. Sloan is a former tabloid insider having worked for –The National Enquirer,— Montreals –Midnight— (now called –Globe—), and the –National Tattler.— Sloan was also an investigative reporter for the Dallas Times Herald.

There's nothing like binge-watching a season or three of first-rate television. Herewith, holiday gift suggestions for the serious TV-watchers on your list.

While thousands of people are likely to turn out and watch, not everyone is a fan of the monarchy.

"It'll rip you apart," said an Indians fan who watched his team lose a nail-biting Game 7 of the World Series against the Chicago Cubs.

NPR's John Ydstie reports that Dow Jones is changing the roster of companies that are included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The four newcomers are: Travellers Group, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson and Johnson and Wal-Mart. The Average is actually an index, and despite its flaws, it is still the most closely watched index in all the financial markets.

Hans Japp Melisson of Radio Netherlands reports on tomorrow's planned ice skating marathon. 16,000 skaters are to follow a course 125-miles long through eleven Dutch towns. A million spectators are expected to line the canals and inland waterways. Another 10 million Dutch are expected to watch the event on TV.

NPR's John McChesney reports from San Francisco that Microsoft and Real Networks are competing for control of the use of streaming audio and video. Both companies want their software to be the standard. The challenges include improving the quality of the media as it streams over the Internet, and raising the limits on the number of people who can listen or watch the same transmission at once.